The PhD Thesis was in the frame of the UAB Doctoral Programme in Materials Science, and the PhD Committe was formed by Mónica Burriel, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, (President), Alexandre Ponrouch, ICMAB-CSIC, Spain (Secretary), and Catalina Mansilla, CTECHnano-Coating Technologies S.L., Spain (Vocal).
We asked Pengmei Yu some questions about her research and her experience at the ICMAB as a PhD fellow. Read it here:
Because ICMAB is attractive as a dynamic wonderful research center with many fascinating studies going on and a nice multicultural environment. Specially, I was drawn to the research project of Mariona Coll to synthesize functional oxides thin films using chemical methods such as atomic layer deposition.
My work has been mainly building ultrathin film materials using atoms as building blocks. The efforts are on developing more building blocks for this purpose, making more complex materials with them and understand the interplay between the building blocks and the foundation surface.
Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is very powerful to synthesize ultrathin films for the devices with ever-scaling dimensions. In my thesis, the investigated binary oxide Co3O4 or Fe2O3 are interesting to obtain conformal coatings on carbonaceous materials as electrode materials for energy storage, while the ternary oxide GdxFeyOz thin films possesses potential for magnetic-related applications.
I have definitely learned a lot during the PhD including the necessary synthetic and analytical skills for carrying out my study. In particular, I greatly acknowledge the numerous help from my supervisor, our collaborators and many ICMABers for their kind discussion and encouragement.
I will miss in general the nice working environment that has been made possible by the SUMAN group, scientific services, library, IT and maintenance departments. Their kind assistance has been proven even more essential during this pandemic.
I would always appreciate the education that I received and methodologies that I have learned during this PhD and the hard-working spirit of Mariona Coll that has inspired me a lot.
My personal interest would be continuing the pursue in scientific research. Ideally, a research position that relates to my current research focus would be great.
It is never too early to write something. It can be a short summary, or an introductory paragraph, which will strengthen one’s thoughts and help one gain a clearer idea of the research outline.
I am always curious to learn how things work and evolve. In my high school, the wonderful world of Chemistry was introduced to me and attracted me immediately. Ever since then I became involved in the research on organic and inorganic chemistry. My role models include Leonardo da Vinci who was a genius in so many fields, arts, science, etc.
Marie Curie.
I personally feel very lucky to have been able to pursue my PhD in ICMAB and have really enjoyed the time here. At the end I would like to thank every ICMABer for their kindness and wish everyone all the best!
Thank you Pengmei, and good luck in your future endeavours!
Pengmei Yu will defend her PhD Thesis on 24 November 2020 at 11 am!
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